bloody flux

noun

1. dysentery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloody flux¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

It cannot be digested; therefore it causeth the belly to swell, and a kind of bloody flux.

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I am just recovering from a weeks sickness—fever and bloody flux—and I dont believe I weigh ninety pounds.

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And I never did see the like of bloody flux among the children, and the scarlet fever too.

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But we are not to judge of the amount of dysentery from the entries under the name of bloody flux alone.

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Thus in 1717, special mention is made of a fatal bloody flux in Lorn, Argyllshire.

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